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Charlotte Delbo's Thirst Analysis

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Charlotte Delbo’s Thirst brought forth an unapologetic narrative of the prisoner experience in the Nazi concentration camps. Her desperation in trying to find water truly brought out depths of hopelessness and dehumanization within the camps. Never before had I thought, ever with the extreme conditions in mind, of such a brutal lack of basic needs. She draws an interesting perspective at the end of the passage when she says, “there are people who say, ‘I’m thirsty.’ They step into a café and order a beer.” Delbo introduced a thought-provoking comparison between varying degrees of “needs” – almost comparing one’s “need” to another’s “want” – which challenges the reader to consider their standard of living, as compared to that of the past. Ultimately,
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